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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A woman who works in exchange for payment, especially one who does manual labour
2. 2
   a female employee who performs manual or industrial labor wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

blue collar workerbreadwinnercasualemployeeflunkyfree lance

Etymology

From working + woman.

Related phrases

working girl

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